The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-31
Truth vs.. FalsphOod.

ne r tOTtuu f1tFufCt Is able and honor
able. Ii Is Democratic to the core II
was BloNiiams strongest supporter. 1t
has always represented the. element that
gave BloNham his strength before. the
people.
But the HerdH scorns Islander. and the
Herald uses vigorous English when it
speaks. The following are extracts from
an editorial of this valued contempo-
rary of Goth inst:
On the Sth of March the editor of the
Times Union, a recent but very enthusi-
astic advocate of Gov. Bloxham for the
Senate. published the following alleged
communication upon his editorial page
and appended thereto half column of
editorial comment, expressing u most
holy and righteous condemnation of the
methods charged in the same:
.'GAINEsvuLE, Fla, March 4. 1887.
To the Editor Times MON.
DEAR SIR can give YOU "A pointer ON
the Senatorial question. Are YOU aware
that the Circuit Judgeships are being
made the basis of trades i'm Governor
Perrys behalf. The matter is almost
openly canvassed here, and understand
il is the same in other Judicial Circuits
of the State. LEN
The editor of the Times Union pre-
faced his comments with the statement
that this communication came from q
prominent attorney iH GdiHesriHe.
\ CARD To THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned attorneys. resi-
dent i'll and round Gainesville and
members of the Alachua county bar.
hereby reiterate our unqualified denial
of any knowledge of the authorship of
the Lex" letter, purporting to- have
been written from Gainesville and pub
iished in the Times Union and therein
asserted to he from prominent Gaines
Vile attorney. We also emphatically
deny having written any second or any
letter whatsoever on the same subject
matter to- the Times Union" And if
the Times CHioH's editor has any such
letter purporting To have been written
by any of the undersigned he i hereby
publicly granted full permission to- Civ.
the letter and the name of the author
thereof to the public.
w. w. Hampton, r. e.. r. Sanchez.
Chas- .. Hampton, j. III. Goes,
Chas. l. FildeS. Jno. w. A,hbv.
O. y. Myers. r. f.. Hughes.
K. ID. Coy, y l.. Carter,
=. y. Finley. r. r. TAYLOR,
j. {. Gardner. w. f.. W. Dunson.
NJ. VI. Lewey VIM. Scott.
y. j. Cone. r. y. Thrasher
Geo. j. Arrow,
March 26th, \. ID. 1881.
To this conclusive affidavit. the editor
of the Gainesville idrocute appended
the insinuation that the editor of th,.
Times Union had cOncOcted this com
municatiOn in his own office. and placed
the responsibility for IL upon an imagin-
pT nf t.aIna-N-Ill.. Th.a IL
rocdte again demanded the name of the.
author.
And ON the 22d of March the editor of
the Times Union, i'll rather piteous re-
Spouse, deprecates the inSinuation of the
-1drOcdte. and SAYS:
We have communicated with the au-
thor of that letter, and he declines to
permit Us to furnish his name for what
seems 10 him (and to us al>ol .good and
sufficient reasons.
This statement seems plainly To- re-
assert that there was such letter. writ
ten a. alleged. by a prominent attor-
ney of Gainesville" and that he declines
To permit the Times Union To- give his
name.
The issue is thus clearly made up. and
the lines distinctly drawn between fact
and falSehood. And now comes the
proof and the conviction.
The attorneys of Gainesville forwarded
the Herald the original affidavit of the
Gainesville bar signed by nineteen attor-
neys, each by his signature denying the
authorship of the letter. ami asking the
editor of the Times MON To- expose the
author. To this they append the follow
ing conclusive legal
CERTIFICATE
nf Elnrfla ..,,,.
| certify that the nineteen attorneys.
whose names are signed to the foregoing
certificate, are all of the ATTORNEYS AT
law who reside at or near Gainesville,
Florida. who now practice law at its bar
or who are at all known To be ATTORNEYS
at law
Witness my hand and the seal If the